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A small farm might be a lifestyle choice, but it is also business. That may sound obvious, but it is the part most people skip and the reason their farms fail. They focus on learning to grow without really considering routes to market and just leave the numbers to chance. At the Apple Fahey Institute you'll get grips with both. Alongside farm design, crop planning, soil health, sustainable land and water management and ecology, we'll teach you how to model, critically assess, and stress test your plans and ideas in terms of production, sales, operations and finance before you commit your capital. We focus on giving you the tools to get to grips with your farm-based enterprise so that it becomes what it should be: a real livelihood, on land that's getting healthier, in a life you actually want.